Lesson 3: Season Window Pane Crayon Piece

This project we decided to focus on the four seasons and what they mean artistically to these first graders. We began by talking about the weather and seasons, and delved into warm and cool colors (how color can make us feel a link between seasons). The kids divided their paper into four equal panes and crayoned a tree that branched into all four quadrants. We then walked through each season and developed the branches and the trees to display the art in nature and how it can constantly change. Some of the children had a harder time with the concept that the ground was only on the bottom two panes (they wanted to create a midlevel ground as well). I learned that it’s essential to be specific with this young age. Give them some constraints but then let them run wild with the rest. J

 The students loved having time to come up with different seasonal activities to incorporate in their art!

 Look how creative this girl's "fall" section was!

I made sure to do the activity with the kids so that they could look at a sample from the overhead. However, I soon after quit working on it to let them think outside the box a bit.